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CRESTED PARRAKEET. 



ness : tail red beneath, growing yellowish towards 

 the tips : bill and legs blackish. Native of New 

 Guinea. 



HORNED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus bisetis. P. inridi-Jlavescms, capite (maris) coccinea 

 pennis duabus elongatis, alts caudaque extus cceruieis. 



Yellowish-green Parrakeet, with the head (of the male) scarlet 

 and furnished with two lengthened feathers, and the wing and 

 tail-feathers outwardly blue. 



Psittacus bisetis. Horned Parrot. Lath, male, 



Psittacus Caledonicus. Caledonian Parrot. Lath, female* 



Length about eleven inches : habit that of the 

 Alexandrine Parrakeet. Bill and legs blueish- 

 black. In the female the frontlet alone is crimson. 

 Native of New Caledonia. 



CRESTED PARRAKEET. 



Psittacus Novae Hollandise. P . fmco-olivaceus , capite (maris) 

 luteo pennis senis cristato, macula postoculari coccinea, fascia 

 atari alba. 



Brownish-Olive Parrakeet, with the head, (in the male) luteous 

 and furnished with a six-feathered crest, a crimson spot behind 

 each eye, and a white bar on the wings. 



Psittacus Novae HoUandiae. Crested Parrakeet. Lath, 



Length about twelve inches : in the female the 

 head is olive, but crested as in the male; and the 

 rump and tail crossed by numerous grey bars. 

 Native of New Holland. 



